Offaly included in fresh snow and ice warning from Met Éireann

A weather warning has been issued for Northern Ireland for snow and ice.

Forecasters have warned that Scotland will be battered by gale-force winds and "blizzard conditions" later this week.

They have also added a yellow weather warning for the southern half of Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland between 6am and 6pm tomorrow.

A yellow "be aware" weather warning is in place for the region, which runs from 8am on Thursday until just before midnight. As the storm moved away from the United Kingdom and towards Scandinavia on Friday it would be followed by cold air.

Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna said: "Overnight, the main feature will be the increase in wind as Caroline starts to come in towards the end of the night".

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